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STEINBECK, JOHN. Cup of Gold. A Life of Henry Morgan, Buccaneer. With occasional references to History. New York: McBride 1929. 8vo, original bright yellow cloth, offset from dust jacket on covers, colorful pictorial dust jacket (spine faded with top a little frayed, slightly worn, portion of front inner flap cut away with loss of a word in title), half morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, of the author's scarce first book, the variant with top edges unstained and with final blank. Goldstone & Payne Ala. The Cup of Gold, an historical romance about the pirate Henry Morgan, was written when Steinbeck was 27 years old; it was published in an edition of 2476 copies (of which 939 were remaindered) just two weeks before the stock market crash.